The PS Vita was released on the 17th of December, 2011. Initial sales were doing fine but week after week we witnessed a dive in sales. Read up on the details after the jump.
Via Andriasang:
PlayStation Vita sales continued to fall following the holiday sales rush. For the week spanning January 9 through January 15, Media Create reports sales of 18,361 units for the system, down from last week’s 42,915 units.
Vita’s sales progression since launch looks like this:
324,859 -> 72,479 -> 42,648 -> 42,915 -> 18,361
Vita wasn’t alone in seeing a post holiday drop. 3DS fell over 50% to just above the 100,000 mark. PS3 and PSP also saw drops, but remained above the Vita in overall sales.
The US and European Vita release is just around the corner and sales figures might differ from Japanese ones, but I think what we saw happen with the early adopters of the 3DS might have risen the conscience of the users in their purchase decisions when it comes to new hardware. The top selling PS Vita game in Japan is Hot Shots Golf and with no other solid PS Vita game out there these sales figures might remain to be low, until, you know, Capcom drops the bomb and announces a new Monster Hunter title…
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